Blogs from Okavango Delta, North-West, Botswana, Africa - page 3

Gweta 22 and 23 August, Okovango Delta & Maun 24 - 26 August We arrived in Gweta in the afternoon after driving over good roads. Even the roads are improving!! Gweta is a small village in Botswana. It lies about 205 kilometres away from Maun and about 100 kilometres from Nata. Generally considered the gateway to the Makgadikgadi Pans Gweta derived its name from the sound of croaking bullfrogs which bury themselves in the sand until the rainy season arrives and they emerge to mate. The huge expanse of the Makgadikgadi Pans is bigger than Switzerland. Once a large river-fed lake, the Makgadikgadi Pans now lie saline and empty. The pans are littered with stone tools and artefacts dated from between 2,000 to 500,000 years old! During the wet season 35-75,000 zebra and wildebeest migrate into ... read more

We had decided to stay another nite at Drotsky's so we booked the boat for the second day, to continue on our fishing "success". Our guide was exceptionally good. Adrian lost one on the first cast. But Alex lost 4 that morning. I got my second tiger fish , but many more were lost that morning. We went back to camp at about lunch time to have food. We swam some more and then relaxed at the bar before the fishing started. The afternoon we lost a few more fish, but that didn't really matter the sunset was something very different. At about 5pm the sun disappeared behind some clouds. And until 6:30pm it was just an orange ball, the humidity was there but the heat wasn't which made it a pleasant afternoon for the fishing. ... read more

Today we were heading into the Okavango Delta. We were up quite early today to pack all of our stuff onto boats. I mean everything: tents, cooking supplies, EVERYTHING! We had about a one hour power boat ride to the Mokoro station. A mokoro is a dugout canoe. Some were actually made of fibreglass though. Erica and I ended up as Mokoro buddies which was nice, as it meant the 3 odd hour Mokoro ride wouldn't be boring. It was such a peaeful boat trip that both of us (as well as many others) fell asleep. The only distraction was the beautiful surrounds, and the wet reeds slapping you in the face as you floated through the Delta. It was amazing. Once we arrived we set up our camp and had a quick bite to eat. ... read more

Prior to beginning this blog I have a couple of corrections from previous blogs and status updates: My apologies, it is the buffalo which is found in Africa, the water buffalo is in Asia. Sorry Worthingtons!As previously updated we camped by the banks of the Ovkavango river. I feel I should confess that we didn’t actually camp that night. In Etosha I was beginning to get sick and grumpy so we made the tough decision to upgrade to a lodge room for $25 for a good shower and good nights sleep required to maintain our sanity -- this may not have been the last time we took the comfy option either, more on that later! I would also ... read more

In Botswana erstreckt sich die Landschaft schier endlos zu allen Seiten. Hügel oder gar Berge sieht man so gut wie nicht. Buschland so weit das Auge reicht, Straßen die kilometerlang geradeaus führen und alle paar Stunden mal eine kleine Stadt. Manch einer würde sagen, wie langweilig das sein muss. Aber ich kann das nicht behaupten. An den Straßenrändern steht Vieh, wie Ziegen, Esel, Kühe und Pferde. Ab und zu laufen Menschen über die Straße oder ein Buschtaxi, bestehend aus einer Karre die von Eseln gezogen wird, karrt kreuz und quer vor einem her. Es gibt viel zu sehen. Man muss nur aufmerksam schauen. Die Reise führt direkt in das Okavango-Delta. Auf dem Weg dorthin werden die Straßen immer schlechter: Aus einer Dreckstraße wird eine Dreckstraße mit großen Löchern und daraus wird dann eine Dreckstraße mit großen ... read more